﴿ وَٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ حَمَّالَةَ ٱلْحَطَبِ ﴾

“together with his wife, that carrier of evil tales,”

And his wife�Umm Jamīl, �[will be] the carrier of firewood. It has been said that this means �the scandal mongerer� (nammāma). ʿIkrima said, �She used to carry thorns and throw them down in the path of the Prophet .�